My barrel wont come apart!

Ok so i put my Planet Eclipse Etha together then left it sitting on my bed for like 2 hours. i took the barrel out of the gun and then tried to get the barrel apart. I put it in correctly and i know you have to turn it RIGHT. I CANT GET IT APART. is there like any kind of stuff to put on it or something to get it apart.

Turn it to the left... Hold the back and grab the tip and turn it to the left. And dont tell me I'm wrong because I just did it w my geo3. If that doesn't work run hot water on the barrel, the heat will shrink the o-ring and it might let go

Well i tried the hot water thing and the latex gloves. It still isnt comeing apart. Maybe the O-ring fell off and i tightened it too much. oh and one more thing will the barrel get "messed up" if it has water in it. Thanks for the replies, any more ideas?

Well i tried the hot water thing and the latex gloves. It still isnt comeing apart. Maybe the O-ring fell off and i tightened it too much. oh and one more thing will the barrel get "messed up" if it has water in it. Thanks for the replies, any more ideas?

No, hot water won't harm the barrel. Try shooting it a little, vibrations will loosen it up

OK ill try. The earliest i can shoot is Sunday so ill be replying soon if it works. Thank you to all who helped, (any ideas are still helpful) Oh btw its not the original barrel for the Etha, It is an Etek

When you put it together did it thread easily. Did you have a point where it felt tight but wasn't flush. If so you may have cross threaded it. I would freeze it then spray it with a little wd-40 or pb blaster and then use the gloves and try again. May try to put it in a vice wrapped in a towel and then try turning with your hands or a strap wrench.

ok so i froze it for an hour and a half and applied wd-40. Is there an O-ring or a separator between the 2 parts because maybe it fell off. i wrapped a towel around the barrel and put it in a vise and tried it and nothing. If i did cross thread it is it possible to get them apart? I mean probably other people have crossed threaded or got it stuck. Thank you to all PLEASE HELP HELP HELP.

I got it apart but something feels wrong. am i supposed to be able to hold the bottom part with my right hand and the top with my left and turn the top left? i thought it was reversed threaded. Again it is an Etha Barrel

ok so i froze it for an hour and a half and applied wd-40. Is there an O-ring or a separator between the 2 parts because maybe it fell off. i wrapped a towel around the barrel and put it in a vise and tried it and nothing. If i did cross thread it is it possible to get them apart? I mean probably other people have crossed threaded or got it stuck. Thank you to all PLEASE HELP HELP HELP.

Typically there is an o-ring on each of the two parts. One for between the barrel and marker body and the other for in between the two barrel pieces. However, I do not know if the Etha barrel comes this way or not. I have had barrels come without o-rings (which is perfectly fine) but I always add them because they help prevent the barrel pieces from locking up like you have just experienced. If you do this though, make sure you do not use an o-ring that is too large because the excess o-ring material may kink or fold up and possibly cause the pieces to get stuck together.

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Originally Posted by anoori9000

I got it apart but something feels wrong. am i supposed to be able to hold the bottom part with my right hand and the top with my left and turn the top left? i thought it was reversed threaded. Again it is an Etha Barrel

I can't say since I have not used any PE barrel. Make sure to check the threading on BOTH pieces. There should not be any major damaged areas of the threads and they should all be uniform in spacing and height/depth. If they were cross-threaded, you would see where the damaged ares is, where the spacing between threads differs, the height of the threads has been worn down, and/or possibly where most of the anno has been scratched/ground off. If everything looks normal, I wouldn't worry about whether it is reverse threaded or not, just slap an o-ring on each piece and you're back in action.